2009美術創作卓越獎獲獎名單-許尹齡 作品自述

我的創作意念主要是在於表達對社會現象的觀察，社會現象是具體可觀看的，但能真正透析的結論卻被各種體制所牽動以至於混濁。過好生活的想像在一點一點的崩解，我們就像一直處於一個被實驗狀態，一直不斷地有許多數據在更新〈經濟成長率、失業率、就業率等等…〉或是說這些數據很具體地描述出我們的生存狀況，所以我在創作的同時的確也有帶著一點點瘋狂的意味，我在想像著我創造了一個莊園，裡面圈養了各式告樣的人類，他們都在被試驗著怎樣才會過的更好，而這只是其中的一部份失敗的實驗品，但他們必須被展示，因為那個世界，是與向來對我們所顯現的世界所不一樣的世界，透過影像再造，我們如願擁有機會從自身這唯一的世界中抽離並且直接處理這些普遍性的困境。
我的挑戰是去陳述許多事情在一件事情當中，所以我作品的呈現方式多半都是採用拼湊的，它們(作品)同樣的目標任務就是它們在同一個被抽離出時間的空間中進行著，它們就好像是一個經過排練的事件演出場景，試圖捉住人們的注意力，它同時是劇場演出也是真實生活，它們所希望達到的效果是得以干擾他人，對我而言作品在許多層次上運作著真實的理由來說服觀看者去相信那個不合常理的狀態，很純粹的就是去發覺我們從沒想過和挖掘過的自身殘缺。我們的生活給我們的訊息就是這樣，正常的生活下去，但其實從來沒去正視過自己的人才是真正的缺乏。令人焦慮的題材跟平靜的實事求是，我想一併呈現在同一個畫面中，作品中一大部份神秘，在於它們暗示了畫中所遇到的困境。觀者會懷疑，他們所看到的社會現象是這樣的嗎？他們知道這個世界有多古怪嗎？將這樣的一個塊面回歸到先前所述，我們所認知所看到的自身也是如我們看到的那樣嗎？

My concept of creation is about expressing the observation of social society. Social society’s phenomenon is concrete and observable. However, the substantial analyzed conclusion is obscured by all kind of systems. The imagination of living a good life is gradually collapsing. It is as if we were constantly placed in an experiment with numerous updates of statistical data such as, economical growth rate, unemployment rate, employment rate, etc. We can say these data describe our living circumstances specifically. Therefore, while I am creating, I retain a hint of insanity. I imagine I have created an imaginative world, raising all kinds of human beings to be tested for a better way of living. These are just part of a failed experiment but they must be displayed because that world differs from the usual world we know of. My recent creation style is similar to this, containing a theatrical world or in other words, Through images, we have been given a chance to step away from reality, and into that world to directly deal with common obstacles.
My challenge is to present various events into one. Consequently, most of my paintings are presented by piecing, their objective is the same, which is to progress in a space that is out of time. They are just like an arranged scene trying to capture people’s attention. It is both a theatrical play and a real life at the same time, and their main goal is to disturb others. In my opinion, my creations operate at many levels with true reasons to convince viewers to believe the irrational status, simply to discover the self incompletion which we have never thought of. This is the kind of message our life gives us. We live normally but we never try to face the true deficiency of ourselves. The anxious subject and peaceful reality is what I want to display on the same picture. Moreover, a large part of mystery in creations is due to the implication for the obstacles encountered in the creations. Viewers will suspect if the social phenomenon is really what they see. Do they know how odd the world is? Referring back to the last statement, we can really ponder if we really are how we have perceived ourselves.